Forceful or persistent: How the ECB’s new inflation target affects households’ inflation expectations


Hoffmann, Mathias ; Moench, Emanuel ; Pavlova, Lora ; Schultefrankenfeld, Guido


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URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-693302
Document Type: Working paper
Year of publication: 2024
The title of a journal, publication series: ZEW Discussion Papers
Volume: 24-082
Place of publication: Mannheim
Publication language: English
Institution: Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
Business School > Sonstige - Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
MADOC publication series: Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
Subject: 330 Economics
Classification: JEL: F33 , E31 , E52,
Keywords (English): monetary policy strategy , household inflation expectations , randomized control trial , survey data
Abstract: We study how households adjust their medium-term inflation expectations under the new ECB inflation targeting strategy. Survey respondents make little difference between the previous strategy of targeting inflation rates close to but below 2% and the new strategy with a 2% point target. Participants who learn about the inherent asymmetry in the ECB’s reaction to potential off-target inflation expect moderately higher medium-term inflation. Respondents asked to assume a scenario of current inflation running below target place a significantly higher probability on medium-term outcomes above 2%. In a scenario of inflation currently running above target, however, participants do not in turn expect an undershooting of medium-term inflation.




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